I do kinda get the feeling that Apple already researched this iWatch thingie, found out it was impractical, boxed it, and started a rumor to get the other companies chasing the wrong rabbit. Its a thought that makes me smile though.

Apple and oranges. You're talking about different manufacturers of SSDs. Just like getting an LG display in a MBP vs Samsung. As far as I know Apple doesn't advertise the supplier of components in their products. Glass and Sapphire are two completely different materials. I can't see Apple announcing a watch but not telling us whether the display is sapphire or glass. Especially if they are using sapphire. They would play that up as much as possible.

I do kinda get the feeling that Apple already researched this iWatch thingie, found out it was impractical, boxed it, and started a rumor to get the other companies chasing the wrong rabbit. Its a thought that makes me smile though.

Or that iWatch is actually the new name of AppleTV since they can't use the name iTV. Man that would really throw everyone off.

All the iWatch rumors are just that, Apple has released no info on anything about an iWatch as far as I am aware.

Even if it is supposedly delayed which it isn't , Cook told us they would not release products all at once becaue it creates significant manufacturing problems doing everything at once.

The iPhone6, iPad, iWatch? , Mac release schedule will be phased to smoothly build devices and avoid compressing margins into shorter timeframes, all this "well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo " may have got his hands on is the planned release date and he is making the mistake of interpreting this as a "delay" based on an assumed September release date. Why didn't "well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo " actually think before he rushed to make this conclusion!

By far the most important release date is the iPhone6 because iPhones represents over 50% of Apples revenue source and Apple needs to get production ramped up as fast as possible to meet Christmas demand and soundly trounce the "Scambag evil empire" , the "iWatch?" will be less important initially in term of revenue but more important in terms of ecosystem/cloud strategy and integrating services. In an ideal world, it would be nice to be able to build and release millions of devices all at once but it simply isn't practical given the scale. So that is why they planned it's release later.

This "well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo " is making up fanciful conclusions based on rumors of rumors and conjecture. And now other sites are crossposting and using this article to spread more disinformation.

"well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo" indeed! ROFL wellconnect to what exactly? , I think he is well connected to something al right but that not printable here!

Originally by Rickers - 2014 : Cook & will bury Apple. They can only ride Steve's ghost so long.

History reduce Apple Watch.... to a footnote in the annals of technology - Benjamin Frost Dec 2014

Today's Kuo statements have pushed me over the edge. While he's had some success in the past, I'd like to point out that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

This statement, "As a result, he predicts that at least half of finished "iWatch" products will ship with glass covers instead of sapphire", is so out of character with Apple's core values that anybody stating such is making stuff up.

A deaf, dumb and blind autistic quadriplegic knows that Apple would rather delay a launch, before it would ship less (in quality) than perfection. Suggesting that Apple would ship glass, knowing full well that within weeks it will ship sapphire is pure bullshit, I don't care who said it, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

And yet AI throws this up on their website under the red "breaking" banner.

Breaking wind, perhaps.

On a side-note, I wish emojis could move independently of each other. I imagine people have been raising this issue for years, but have we seen any movement? Have we heck. Come on AI, get your act together.

I do kinda get the feeling that Apple already researched this iWatch thingie, found out it was impractical, boxed it, and started a
rumor to get the other companies chasing the wrong rabbit. Its a thought that makes me smile though.

Or that iWatch is actually the new name of AppleTV since they can't use the name iTV. Man that would really throw everyone off.

I'd love that! The spaghetti junction of rumours would hit new highs. Guess you would control your iWatch with your iTime.

On a side-note, I wish emojis could move independently of each other. I imagine people have been raising this issue for years, but have we seen any movement? Have we heck. Come on AI, get your act together.

Oh, emoji aren’t animated. Unicode characters can’t have motion in them. The ones used here are just gifs, and when you have multiples the image isn’t loaded x number of times; it’s referenced x number of times and loaded once. So the timing on all references will be the same, since there’s only the single timeline loaded.

On a side-note, I wish emojis could move independently of each other. I imagine people have been raising this issue for years, but have we seen any movement? Have we heck. Come on AI, get your act together.

Oh, emoji aren’t animated. Unicode characters can’t have motion in them. The ones used here are just gifs, and when you have multiples the image isn’t loaded x number of times; it’s referenced x number of times and loaded once. So the timing on all references will be the same, since there’s only the single timeline loaded.

Gotya. So we can't have independent emoji? I was being deliberately belligerent in my initial complaint, as I'm sure you realised. I so wish I could use multiple rolling eyes emoji which move at different speeds. Guess I’ll have to go to my grave unsatiated…

Quite rediculous indeed. All comments are very valid. Just who NEEDS one of these? Even Star Trek nixed the idea of a wrist-based communications device in deference to the communicator pin. I know, I was making the wrist prototype to the wrist tricorder when it happened. I envision wearers twisting or flipping their wrists to void the "last entry" or cancel a misunderstood Siri command in a loud environment. And soon after the class action suit on behalf of wearers who've come down with wrist edema or cyst at the wrist or something. And new rules that suggest wearers not use their iwatch if doing anything else because it requires two hands to operate.
The saga is: small run does market test....for real. It's already started!

I knew at least two of you would have a rather sharp reaction. I clicked through their sources, and I cannot find any claims that are as boldly stated as the headline would suggest. You guys may want to lighten up on the analyst here, unless someone can point out some corroboration. I have links back to earlier AI stories and pages that I ran through google translate.

This is the way AAPL manages the launch of ALL new products. They never build to inventory without having tested real demand first. This is opposite Samsung/Microsoft who ALWAYS builds too much inventory and thus have to spend extra marketing efforts or provide deep discounts to clear out excess stock... Now, how come this is perceived negatively for AAPL? As a shareholder i am actually pleased with their inventory churns. Add to that, that this creates buzz because everyone have to wait in lines...